{"id":1000,"date":"2009-11-19T14:35:03","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T14:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=1000"},"modified":"2009-11-19T14:35:03","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T14:35:03","slug":"scouts-and-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=1000","title":{"rendered":"Scouts and Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:306,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/falkenbergsfabulouspacks.blogspot.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260415133100\\\/https:\\\/\\\/falkenbergsfabulouspacks.blogspot.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 18:19:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 18:19:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:307,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/tinyurl.com\\\/yko6dwc&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/falkenbergsfabulouspacks.blogspot.com\\\/2009\\\/11\\\/training-weekend-2009.html&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:308,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.thescoutmasterminute.net\\\/2009\\\/07\\\/pineapple-curry.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:309,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/thetrainerscorner.wordpress.com\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/19\\\/dutch-oven-breakfast-recipe&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260415140416\\\/https:\\\/\\\/thetrainerscorner.wordpress.com\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/19\\\/dutch-oven-breakfast-recipe\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/thetrainerscorner.wordpress.com\\\/2009\\\/06\\\/19\\\/dutch-oven-breakfast-recipe&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 18:19:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 18:19:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:310,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Squash_%28drink%29&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/en.wikipedia.org\\\/wiki\\\/Squash_(drink)&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:311,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.staffordshireoatcakes.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260415133212\\\/https:\\\/\\\/staffordshireoatcakes.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.staffordshireoatcakes.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\">While reading <a href=\"http:\/\/falkenbergsfabulouspacks.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lotta\u2019s blog<\/a> about the <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yko6dwc\" target=\"_blank\">District Training weekend<\/a> she\u2019d just been on, it dawned on me how much thought we give to food and drink within Scouting.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">It could be the good food that Lotta and her colleagues have at their training sessions, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thescoutmasterminute.net\/2009\/07\/pineapple-curry.html\" target=\"_blank\">Scoutmaster Jerry\u2019s<\/a> quest to come up with great, but light and compact meals when out backpacking, Scouter Jeff\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/thetrainerscorner.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/19\/dutch-oven-breakfast-recipe\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dutch oven recipes<\/a>, the menu planning for Scout camps or the rather boring \u2018sandwich selection\u2019 promised for my Group Scout Leader\u2019s conference on Saturday! <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Then of course there is the strange addiction my American friends have to coffee in the morning, when <em>everyone <\/em>knows that it\u2019s a good mug of tea that is needed first thing in the day! \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Of course when preparing menus for camps etc we have to ensure that the food we choose is as varied and healthy as possible. We also have to remember to be aware of any Scouts with specific food allergies and Scouts who are vegetarian or even vegan. We have one Cub who is vegan and this could be a challenge to us non vegans to get the right stuff, and to be honest, if his parents didn\u2019t supply his food, I think we\u2019d be a bit stuck! <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">The other thing is to always have plenty of drinks available. For the Scouts etc, we normally have endless amounts of water and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Squash_%28drink%29\" target=\"_blank\">squash<\/a> and for the Leaders tea and the occasional coffee(!). <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">But the point to remember is to always have enough food and drink available. There is nothing worse than coming back from an event and Scouts complaining they did not have enough to eat! I remember one District camp many years ago, where the food for all the Troops was done centrally and they ran out of food at one evening meal! I seem to remember a hurried journey to the chip shop!<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">As for my meal suggestion, I cannot recommend a cheese and bacon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staffordshireoatcakes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">oatcake<\/a> highly enough!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While reading Lotta\u2019s blog about the District Training weekend she\u2019d just been on, it dawned on me how much thought we give to food and drink within Scouting. It could be the good food that Lotta and her colleagues have at their training sessions, Scoutmaster Jerry\u2019s quest to come up with great, but light and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/?p=1000\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Scouts and Food&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scouts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paTxP-g8","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.nawbus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}